by Site Owner | Jan 17, 2014 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), History
Satire and its Role in Society By Ashley Marshall Johns Hopkins University Press, $59.95, 430 pages Satire has played a major role in literature for a long time. It is a way for people to poke fun at others, without really getting into trouble. Though at times satire...
by Site Owner | Nov 13, 2013 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), History
Two Men at the Turn of the Century By William G. McAdoo & Newton D. Baker, 1863-1941 Johns Hopkins University Press, 525 pages, $59.95 I am not a big fan of double biographies; one book that covers the life of two different people. It rarely works...
by Site Owner | Nov 7, 2013 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Biographies & Memoirs, History, Poetry
Poetry in the Renaissance By Virgina Cox Johns Hopkins University Press, 455 pages, $29.95 When students think of Italian Renaissance poetry they generally think of the men who wrote some famous love poetry that is still read today. What is little known...
by Site Owner | Oct 30, 2013 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), History
The Ties that Bind By Robert J. Cook, William L. Barney & Elizabeth R. Varon Johns Hopkins University Press, 129 pages, $19.95 The American Civil War is one of the most written about topics in history. You could fill complete libraries with books...
by Site Owner | Oct 17, 2013 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Books About Books, Children's, Classics, Current Events & Politics, Mystery, Crime & Thriller
Murder is Always a Classic By Michelle Ann Abate Johns Hopkins University Press, 266 pages, $55.00 Michelle Ann Abate’s Bloody Murder: The Homicide Tradition in Children’s Literature takes a scholarly look at how entwined murder is the books...